Quantity Surveyor

Wates Smartspace; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Bonus

Flexible working

Car allowance

Company car

Site travel

Private medical

Pension 8% employer contribution

Health and wellness programme

26 days holidays + bank holidays

Learning and development

Family leave benefits

Job summary

Wates Smartspace seeks a Quantity Surveyor to join the Construction Team in the West, focusing on high profile, technically complex projects across multiple sectors in the United Kingdom.

You will own pre and post-contract commercial strategies, manage subcontract packages, and work collaboratively with clients and specialists to drive added value, compliance and best practice. A great step to progress within a diverse, supportive team.

Qualifications

• Experience developing pre and post contract strategies and commercial functions.
• Ability to manage contract reporting and ensure commercial viability.
• Track record of working with customers and industry specialists to add value and ensure best practice.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to project commercial strategies and own subcontract packages.
• Maximise project cashflow through effective subcontract management.
• Support tender processes and production of subcontract orders and final accounts.

Skills

Tender strategies

Subcontract management

Cash flow management

Contract reporting

Value engineering

Compliance

Job description

Wates are looking for a Quantity Surveyor to join our Construction Team in the West focussing on high profile, technically complex projects across multiple sectors.

If you are passionate about the commercial aspects of Construction and are looking for an opportunity to challenge the norm, bring fresh new ideas and elevate yourself within the industry then join us and help to create tomorrow together.

This is a great opportunity to progress your career as part of a talented, diverse, and supportive team.

The role:

Our Quantity Surveyors are a valuable part of our business, where they take ownership for the development and implementation of all pre and post contract strategies, commercial functions and contract reporting. Quantity Surveyors will have full accountability for their own work packages or projects and continue to work collaboratively with our customers and industry specialists with a firm focus on added value, compliance, commercial viability, and best practice.

What you'll be doing:

• Contribute to the projectcommercial strategies and take ownership for your own subcontract packages, whilst demonstrating an understanding of the implementation of internal and external tender strategies
• Maximise project cashflow by effectivemanagement of subcontract packages
• Contribute to relevant projectprocurement strategies with particular focus on the issuing of tender enquiries, package reconciliations and production of subcontract orders, whilst working with the Commercial Lead to agree main and subcontract final accounts.

What we will offer you:

• Competitive salary & bonus
• Flexible working
• Car Allowance / Company Car (subject to Role/Grade)
• Travel covered to any ofour sites (subject to HMRC advisory rates)
• Extensive corporate benefits including, Private Medical, Pension 8% employers'contribution, Health and Wellness programme, 26 days holidays + bank holidays and much more…
• Excellent range of learning anddevelopment activity to support your career progression.
• Industryleading family leave benefits to included 26 weeks fully paid maternity, 12 weeks fully paid paternity.

Our commitments:

Wates is proud to be an employer where anyone can thrive, and we welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds. We encourage you to apply even if you don't meet every requirement, as we value transferable skills and assess all applications fairly.

As a Disability Confident Leader, we offer an interview to applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for the role and opt in to the Disability Confident scheme. Reasonable adjustments are available, please contact us at [e-mail]

Given the nature of this position, you will need to undergo a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service Check(DBS)at offer stage. Applicants with criminal convictions will be assessed individually, and we assure you that we do not discriminate based on an applicant's criminal record or the details of any disclosed offenses. Additionally, certain roles may be subject toadditionalpre-employment checks.

To learn more about the checks included in this process, please click on the following link: National Security Vetting